The Dickinson press., 1887-05-21
OUR NEW ENGLAND NE1GHBoRs.
What They III Doing and What They
Expect to do.
Regular Correspondent to Press.

l.
May IL, 1887.
We have hccn here IL week and
probably with Il neighborly feeling of
interest in IL welfare you would like
to know how We are getting along.
We have had to sruStlc" sure, and
from nj experience Of sever days
past we have got Il pretty good idea
of what it is to ''rustlc' for IL living
and live on "chuck." Where one
week ago the Antelope disputed with
the wild geese and ducks the owner
ship of the land and watrr.now stands
an embryo town. One two-story house
with a leanto large enough to accom-
modate sixteen people is already done.
\ a load of goods has arrived ON the
ground and u store is in full blast, in
| front of which can be seen that New
England sign so common years ago,
"West India Goods and Groceries,"
But IL store differs materially in one
| respect, and this is in that it retails
no "wet groceries" 1t will be our
aim to make this IL temperance town.
not of the fanatical Neal Dow stripe,
where every other man is a walking
lar room-but IL good clean town
! morally, where there shall he no con-
Eliminating influence to poison the
atmosphere. Five more houses will
be finished this week, each two stO.
rics high. \ we'll has been dug, a
good deep one. and we have a wonder
full supply of clear, cool. pure spring
watcr-whcrcin we nail another lie
as we had been told that the water
here was unfit to drink. Your very
efficient meighhor, MI. Saunders, the
Surveyor, has been ut work for several
days locating claims for actual set
tiers. From his survey we find ont
the meaning of the apprllatiom of ten
derioot. III" is b"ing assisted Ivy
chain carriers, &c. from among our
number and every day has to have a
fresh lot, the previous days gang he
ing too fuot-sure to walk. Next week
he will make an accurate survey of
the town sitc-lay out streets, lots,
&c. \ coal mine has been opened
from which we a get an incxhaus.
tible supply of good coal. You know
how hard it is to bake beans for !;
yankee who from Beverly,
Mass, the home of baked beans
where the minister remarked that he
preached every Sunday forenoon to a
half bushel of baked housekeeping
this in mind, you IL Judge of the
quality of our coal when | tell you
that we baked Il peek a few nights
ago, ON fire keeping in good shape all
night. | am from the next town to
Beverly and the motto in my dining
room is "No Beans, No Sunday" We
have done considerable plomghing and
seeding. and II men are out now
looking for extra teams to buy ful
breaking. We expect another install
ment of colonist this week. but have
made no effort to get a large number
as we only wish Il few at Il time, Sc
that we can accommodate them in
good shape. Parties will arrive here
from New England every two weeks
during the season. In a few days we
shall bring the ladies of our party
down to live ut the town site. To-day
we had a visit from squad of cow
boys who were on thrir annual round.
up along the Cannon Ball River. who
sweeping down on us like Il squad OF
Wheclcr's Cavalry, wheeled up to oul
door in regulation style and dismount
ed. 1t WAS a revelation to our foot
sore party, to see such line appearing,
gentlemally men. We had gained
the impression that the average cow
boy was a rutlian of the most bloody
dye-therc we will nail lie No. two,-
they were rs good looking and as wei
behaved a body of men Us one would
meet in many a days journey, ant
when we are better fixed for rcceiv
ing company and entertaining friends
we shall have to give our cowboy
neighbors u real old fashioned New
England supper. But / must cut thi!
short as the horn blows for CHUCK
We are we'll, highly pleased with oul
prospects, which brighten every day
Dirty and happy.
J.. A. DODGE.